AMD's Ryzen AI Max chips came as a huge surprise at CES 2025. They're basically super-powered versions of the company's Ryzen AI hardware with up to 16 CPU cores and 50 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, alongside a pool of as much as 128GB integrated RAM.

AMD announced its Ryzen AI Max processors at CES, ushering in a new series of AMD-based AI PCs and laptops. The chipmaker also unveiled low- and midrange CPUs with AI capabilities, ensuring that buyers with different budgets have a chance to snag an AI PC.

AMD has unveiled its ambitious plan to cater to a wide range of AI-powered PCs at CES 2025, introducing the new Ryzen AI Max chips for high-end “halo” Copilot+ AI PCs. Positioned above the existing Ryzen AI 9 systems,

President Joe Biden’s administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office, a final push in his effort to keep advanced technologies out of the hands of China and Russia.

The Biden administration reportedly will impose even-tighter curbs on Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports. Nvidia stock fell slightly.

Chip maker AMD is investing $20 million in AI drug startup Absci, which will use AMD chips and software for drug development.

AMD will also partner with the company to support its research efforts. Absci launched in 2011 to develop proteins with therapeutic applications. In 2018, the company debuted a system called SoluPro that uses bacteria cells to manufacture such proteins.